Blue-White Bullets

All four Penn State quarterbacks came out throwing bullets. In the spirit of this lightning offense, I present my thoughts on the annual blue white game in bullet format.

• White won the annual scrimmage 21-16

• The weather was fantastic, but not perfect. It was a bit windy which presented some problems for tailgaters that didn't batten down the hatches. We lost a bowl of chips and almost lost the tent at one point.

• The crowd was the largest I've ever seen at a Blue-White game, almost completely filling the lower bowl. There were still thousands outside the stadium as well.

• Daryll Clark looked sharp, completing 10-13 for 123 yards.

• Newsome looked pretty darn good for a freshman. He appears to be better throwing on the run, but he has a gun for an arm that can fire downfield, or finesse a little touch pass over a defender. He also threw well across his body, although that probably made the coach's cringe.

• I thought all the quarterbacks looked great, even the walk-ons.

• The offensive line did a pretty good job, albeit against a defensive line that was not allowed to blitz. Still, that was encouraging.

• Speaking of defensive line--how about that Jack Crawford? He might make the losses of Maybin (11th pick in the draft) and Evans not hurt as much.

• Brackett won the Frank Patrick Total Commitment Award--and it showed. He made some nice catches and is developing into a possible possession receiver.

• Saw some hard hits out there, but the secondary--as we already suspected--has some work ahead of them. Either that or the receivers are just that good.

• QB recruit Paul Jones reaffirmed his commitment.

• LB Mauti won the Jim O'Hora Award.

• WR Graham Zug won the Red Worrell Award.

• Quote of the Day from Jay: "Clark will play in a red jersey--if we could borrow the Vatican's Popemobile he'd play in that."

• Sean Lee, Brent Carter, and Stephfon Green did not play while recovering from injuries. Navarro Bowman was also a bit bonged up and did not play.